NE of the more interesting developments in the modern, road haulage industry has been the rapid growth in the use of insulated...

A T a time to be prescribed by the Minister of Transport, two red rear lamps and red reflectors are to be obligatory on all...

Problems of T. V. Interference A SPOKESMAN of the East Kent Road Car Co. 4-1 . said recently that complaints that engines of...

R EGULATIONS requiring drivers of heavy goods vehicles to be medically examined before they are issued with licences, are one...

N EW pedestrian-crossing regulations make it an offence to park a vehicle within 45 ft. of a zebra crossing on the approach...

'TWENTY one-man-operated buses e being added to the fleet of Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., to take over certain routes...

F OR the first time, Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., last year built over 100,000 vehicles. During the past five years, more than £14m....

MR. N. G. LANCASTER has been appointed an additional director of Joseph Lucas (Industries), Ltd. CotR. MOULD-GRAHAM, chairman...

Association include the followin g : Leeds Sub-area, Mr. E. West, chairman, Mr. A. Crowther, deputy chairman, and Mr. T....

TRANSPORT units for which no I tender was accepted on the first offer will be placed on the market again next Wednesday in List...

A MEMORANDUM on contractcarriage work issued on Wednesday by the Ministry of Transport analyses various possible solutions of...

D ASSEN G ER vehicles used on inter'. national journeys will be required to undergo technical inspection at least every six...

A CCEPTANCE of an increase of 4s. a week for road haulage workers was criticized at the annual conference of the Scottish Horse...

CREE hauliers do not want an 1 artificial rates level. Competition will determine economic charges. These comments were made by...

A WARNING that a farmerapplicant should limit the work he did with his C-licensed vehicle for other farmers to those within a...

A A LONG altercation took place in the House of Commons last week during which the Minister of Transport's statement that 86...

U NLESS Aberdeen Transport Department's fares are increased they will have a deficit of £169,809 at May next year. This...

more dangerous to health than those of a Diesel-powered vehicle." This statement is made in a report on tests into the effects...

method of doing what the Government are constantly urging—bringing down industrial costs and assisting export trade. This point...

More Suitable" T ROLLEYBUSES were preferable to motorbuses on the short, steep hills leading out of the centre of Bradford...

1 – % A DRIVER of Shell-Mex and B.P.. Ltd., with a record free of accidents for five years could receive bonuses amounting to...

rx A PLAN for building a subway in Birmingham through which goods vehicles would run from a service road alongside thc city's...

E XPORT figures for January were well up on those for the comparable period last year, both in respect of units shipped and...

cURTHER details of a double-decker bus chassis which may be incorporated in a new vehicle being developed by London Transport...

THE case for and against the charg ing of higher fares on Christmas Day and the principle of extending the practice to all...

in Crossley Bodies B ODIES designed specially for the easy replacement of damaged components have been built by Cross's) ,...

T O meet a demand for a maximum' load tipper which can be charged from an 8-ft. 6-in. hopper, Ryland Garage Ltd., Ryland...

MORRIS - COMMERCIAL oa r" engined tractor and two Hands USW 8 - ton semi - trailers, recently purchased by the Willenhall Motor...

German-built 15-cwt. Van has Four-wheel Independent Suspension and Rear-mounted Air-cooled Engine : A Cab Heater and Other...

A FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE long-wheelbase Land Rover forms the basis of a mobile dispensary which the British Red Cross Society arc...

By JANUS F OR a good time to come we shall have no news about the up-to-date revenue and the traffic of British Road Services....

Eight Separate Tasks Undertaken by 1 1 8 Electric, Petrol and Oil-engined Vehicles and Some 80 Horsed .Carts Operated by the...

T O meet the increased demand for information regarding the potentialities of V.H.F. intercommunication, the Coventry radio and...

"quotations based on far more than £50 per ton'of payload have been rejected by the B.R.S." Having regard to the manner in...

THERE have been many reports that unsuitable I vehicles have had to be purchased in order to obtain a transport unit. In most...

T HEpossibilities of starting a new car-delivery service to central Scotland from the Birmingham and Coventry areas interest me...

E are continually having trouble with blown cylinder-head gaskets on engines which have true faces on the head and cylinder...

lorry I -1 has been developed by Charrold, Ltd., Tower House, Trinity Square, London, E.C.3, for handling loose bulk loads,...

Many Hauliers Quote on the Basis of Undercutting their Competitor's Rate : Having no Knowledge of the Economics Involved, they...

use the energy in a spinning fly wheel to assist the starting of an engine, is the aim of a scheme shown in patent No. 704,395,...